Principal AI Cloud Platform Engineer

Jobs Paloaltonetworks; California (MO); On-site; USD 147,000 - 238,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to own the technical vision for an AI-powered platform within our ATP Cloud team on GCP. You will shape agentic workflows and AI-driven automation across production services, influencing product direction and team growth.

You will partner with product managers and AI teams to translate business problems into scalable AI solutions, while setting engineering standards and mentoring engineers in cloud and AI technologies.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent military experience required.
• 8+ years of experience on large cloud infrastructure platforms.
• Hands-on experience building AI agents or agentic workflows (e.g., Vertex AI Agent Builder, ADK).
• Experience with LLMs, prompt engineering, and integrating AI models into backend services.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture and technical roadmap for AI agentic workflows.
• Design and scale backend systems on GCP that integrate AI into production services.
• Drive adoption of GCP-native AI tools and define how AI agents are built and shipped.

Skills

Python

GoLang

LLMs

Agentic workflows

GCP

Distributed systems

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Vertex AI Agent Builder

Google ADK

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to own the technical vision for an AI-powered platform within our ATP Cloud team on GCP. You will shape agentic workflows and AI-driven automation across production services, influencing product direction and team growth.

You will partner with product managers and AI teams to translate business problems into scalable AI solutions, while setting engineering standards and mentoring engineers in cloud and AI technologies.